| 单词 | flash-bang device |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflash-bang device As a modifier, designating a grenade that produces a bright flash and a loud noise so as to stun or disorientate people without causing serious injury, as in flash-bang device, flash-bang grenade, etc.Cf. slightly earlier flash and bang modifying grenade, in the same sense, in quot. 1979. ΚΠ 1979 C. Dobson & R. Payne Terrorists viii. 145 The new force, to be called Blue Light—which recalls the flash and bang grenades used at Mogadishu—will have special weapons and equipment.] 1981 J. Gardner Licence Renewed xiii. 156 From directly in front of the Saab came a massive flash and boom—like a huge version of the SAS ‘flash-bang’ stun grenade. 1986 Daily Rev. (Towanda, Pa.) 25 June 2/3 He apparently was burned by two ‘flash-bang’ grenades detonated to distract him as he tried to escape. 2005 Hoosier Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 16 Oct. (Herald-Times ed.) d3/4 Officers wearing gas masks fired tear gas canisters and flash-bang devices designed to stun suspects. < as lemmas |
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